posted at 3:03 pm on August 19, 2010 by Allahpundit

Via JWF, a video gloss on the amazing fact that Dubya is now polling six points better than Obama in frontline (i.e. vulnerable) House districts. That’s not according to Rasmussen either; it’s from the Democrats’ own surveys. No wonder the White House is looking around for a new villain: If even the Bushitler seems preferable to swing voters, who’s left to demonize?

An earnest question for lefties: Given the state of the Democrats’ polling, can we finally dispense with the insane yet oft-repeated argument during the ObamaCare debate that passing the bill was the surest way to mitigate losses in the midterms? There were two political reasons to pass O-Care, as you’ll recall: (1) Long-term, passage will set the country irreversibly on the path to socialized medicine, which in turn will create a culture of dependency guaranteeing big Democratic victories far into the future; (2) short-term, passage will cheer liberals and inspire them to turn out in November whereas letting the bill drop will break liberal hearts all over again a la 1993 and will ensure a Republican rout in the midterms. Can we now agree, with the GOP reaching historic leads on the generic ballot, that the second reason has turned out to be a little, well, insane? Or is the new argument that letting the bill drop last year to focus on the economy somehow would have produced an even more gigantic Republican generic ballot lead? No bill = Bushitler outpolling Obama by 10 points instead of six in frontline districts, in other words? Seriously? Click the image to watch.

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Those shirts and the photo are hilarious though. I love the guy in that video who just lets it out and says, “I just don’t want a mosque built on Ground Zero…I can’t deal with that.” Captures the American mindset perfectly, yet so many with so much power don’t understand it.

It’s amazing that we do miss the guy who would have still given us budget busting stimulus packages. And he might have ended up owning Government Motors himself. The only differences, economically speaking, may have been a continued effort to truly reform Fanny and Freddy and no BushCare.

You know what? I don’t miss Bush. Bushes half assed screwing up of the economy might not have lit a fire under people’s asses the way Obama’s full fledged destruction of the economy is doing.

Given the state of the Democrats’ polling, can we finally dispense with the insane yet oft-repeated argument during the ObamaCare debate that passing the bill was the surest way to mitigate losses in the midterms?

That was a pundit argument – not the argument of normal people. Don’t try to act like we were spreading that B.S.

Came back from vacation and had to fly through Washington DC’s Dulles airport. Saw a table display with the “Miss me yet?” Bush shirts and ones that said “I love my country, it’s the government I don’t trust” prominently displayed. The table was part of one of the regular newsstand/tacky DC souvenir stores in the terminal. Was most amusing.

He also inherited the most costly attacks, both from a casualty count as well as an economic result, in American history from the same guy.

Del Dolemonte on August 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM

I was pointing out the fact that Bush did at least recognize the looming crisis in Fannie and Freddie and tried to get congress to address the problem. Obama would never have done that. We would have doubled down.

But what I was really saying is that Bush was a big government Republican. Not a Marxist trained imbecile. If Bush were still in office people would not be losing the minds over the shear stupidity of government today. This is the silver lining in having Obama as president. He is a wake up call. And we all need wake up calls from time to time.

Obama needs a villain? Well why don’t they just strap a fishing pole to his back, dangle the pole over his head, and hang a mirror from the hook? ;)

Just think Dimwits. If you had just listened , given an iota that you gave a d@mn about what the people of this country wanted. Bothered to read bills, rather than just shove them thru… if you had just done any of that, you might….MIGHT be in better standing right now. But no. You had to show us you weren’t just our elected officials, but our parents too.

Gotta love it – being a retailer myself many years ago on Cape Cod- I sure do hope the small business owners there are stocked up on these hot cake items so they’ll have a great week in sales, while all the time remembering to Thank President Obama for the windfall!

Came back from vacation and had to fly through Washington DC’s Dulles airport. Saw a table display with the “Miss me yet?” Bush shirts and ones that said “I love my country, it’s the government I don’t trust” prominently displayed.

Kirin on August 19, 2010 at 3:24 PM

Heh. Last time I travelled through Dulles (during the 2008 primary season), the hot item was Hillary nutcrackers. I kid you not.

You know what’s sad… even when Obama is no longer president, he will still be a former president with all the perks and status that goes along with it. And considering what little respect he shows the office now, I’m sure he’ll be a disgraceful former president as well with his nose in everyone’s business. I guess the only thing we can hope for is that he really gets busted for something and he can be impeached and removed from office.

Came back from vacation and had to fly through Washington DC’s Dulles airport. Saw a table display with the “Miss me yet?” Bush shirts and ones that said “I love my country, it’s the government I don’t trust” prominently displayed. The table was part of one of the regular newsstand/tacky DC souvenir stores in the terminal. Was most amusing.

You know what’s sad… even when Obama is no longer president, he will still be a former president with all the perks and status that goes along with it. And considering what little respect he shows the office now, I’m sure he’ll be a disgraceful former president as well with his nose in everyone’s business.

Holy balls (no pun intended). That would make a great idea for Christmas. we’re gonna break this recession, yet.

listens2glenn on August 19, 2010 at 3:57 PM

Funny thing is, they weren’t the traditional “Christmas” nutcrackers where you put the nut into the soldier’s mouth. The Hillary ones were made so that you put the nut between her legs and squeezed the legs together.

You know what? I don’t miss Bush. Bushes half assed screwing up of the economy might not have lit a fire under people’s asses the way Obama’s full fledged destruction of the economy is doing.

NotCoach on August 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM

Bush mistake was not using the veto, but then he needed to capitulate with congress to get the funding to fight the wars of freedom.
You would have done differently, but then you are what? A person with no real responsibility or leadership?
Bush made some bad decisions, he made some great ones, leaders make a lot of mistakes, because they make a lot of decisions…but in the end, Bush was a great leader, a heartfelt man, who loved America and was proud to be an American. He could have used the veto, but he saved millions from being forever imprisoned, and ignited the fire of freedom in a part of the world that most said would never be done.
You don’t miss him, because you don’t know what you are missing…
Obama and his mindset is the problem, not the person before him.

How are the “My friends and I voted for the first black president and all I got was this lousy economy” shirts selling?

Well, in defense of George W., he didn’t pull a Herbert Hoover and let the banking system collapse. On the other hand, it was Bush who turned a budget surplus in 2000 to a $1 tril structural deficit by the end of his 2nd term.

Then again, how can you do anything but look back with affection at the good old pre-depression days of the last decade- even if we were living in a fantasy bubble world that was about to collapse. Anything is better than the present.

This is funny because when we were in Daytona a few months ago, a tee shirt shop sold out of the “Miss Me Yet” and had boxes upon boxes of obama shirts. The clerk was honest with us and said nobody’s interested in the “Obama Crap” anymore. LOL

I’d rather see a photo of the Constitution above “Miss me yet?”
PatriotRider on August 19, 2010 at 3:08 PM

+1,000%

If Bush were still in office people would not be losing the minds over the shear stupidity of government today. This is the silver lining in having Obama as president. He is a wake up call. And we all need wake up calls from time to time.
NotCoach on August 19, 2010 at 3:25 PM

Agreed! – And using that thought process – what if McCain had won? – Same thing.

Whether we can recover is another story. Will those who follow have the guts and will power to do what is right for America? – A lot of earnest prayer is needed – me thinks.